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Including racist restrictions in home deeds was a requirement to get federal housing loans, which were used to develop many American suburbs.

Under current debt projections, economists cannot even model out a functioning long-term economy.

The June consumer price index will be the latest glimpse into whether tariffs are having an effect on consumer prices.

Because they touch so many parts of this economy, banks’ quarterly reports can reveal a lot.

Businesses are having to figure out whether to absorb the cost of import taxes, pass them along, or a mixture of both approaches — all up and down supply chains.

Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell has reiterated that rate decisions will be data-driven — by inflation, and employment.

According to author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, the explosion of solar is “the first hint that we've actually had of something that's scaling fast enough to make even a small difference in how hot this planet gets.”

States will have to make tough choices about how to absorb or offset the reductions in Medicaid funding.

From protein candy bars to protein water, the macronutrient is everywhere these days.

Juan Flores, an environmental organizer, gives “toxic tours” in Galena Park, Texas. It sits in the shadow of the U.S.’s largest petrochemical complex.